{"id":"an4.183","title":"Vassakāra on What is Heard","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.183","title":"Vassakāra on What is Heard","units":[{"id":"an4.183:0","sourceIds":["an4.183:0.1","an4.183:0.2","an4.183:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.183\n19. Brāhmaṇavagga\nSutasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.183\n19. Brahmins\nVassakāra on What is Heard"}},{"id":"an4.183:1","sourceIds":["an4.183:1.1","an4.183:1.2","an4.183:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.\nAtha kho vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamahāmatto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamahāmatto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.\nThen Vassakāra the brahmin, a chief minister of Magadha, went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:"}},{"id":"an4.183:2","sourceIds":["an4.183:2.1","an4.183:2.2","an4.183:2.3","an4.183:2.4","an4.183:2.5","an4.183:2.6","an4.183:2.7","an4.183:2.8","an4.183:2.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ahañhi, bho gotama, evaṁvādī evaṁdiṭṭhi:\n‘yo koci diṭṭhaṁ bhāsati—\nevaṁ me diṭṭhanti, natthi tato doso;\nyo koci sutaṁ bhāsati—\nevaṁ me sutanti, natthi tato doso;\nyo koci mutaṁ bhāsati—\nevaṁ me mutanti, natthi tato doso;\nyo koci viññātaṁ bhāsati—\nevaṁ me viññātanti, natthi tato doso’”ti.","en":"“Worthy Gotama, this is my doctrine and view:\nThere’s nothing wrong with talking about what you’ve seen, saying:\n‘So I have seen.’\nThere’s nothing wrong with talking about what you’ve heard, saying:\n‘So I have heard.’\nThere’s nothing wrong with talking about what you’ve thought, saying:\n‘So I have thought.’\nThere’s nothing wrong with talking about what you’ve known, saying:\n‘So I have known.’”"}},{"id":"an4.183:3","sourceIds":["an4.183:3.1","an4.183:3.2","an4.183:3.3","an4.183:3.4","an4.183:3.5","an4.183:3.6","an4.183:3.7","an4.183:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, sabbaṁ diṭṭhaṁ bhāsitabbanti vadāmi;\nna panāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, sabbaṁ diṭṭhaṁ na bhāsitabbanti vadāmi;\nnāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, sabbaṁ sutaṁ bhāsitabbanti vadāmi;\nna panāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, sabbaṁ sutaṁ na bhāsitabbanti vadāmi;\nnāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, sabbaṁ mutaṁ bhāsitabbanti vadāmi;\nna panāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, sabbaṁ mutaṁ na bhāsitabbanti vadāmi;\nnāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, sabbaṁ viññātaṁ bhāsitabbanti vadāmi;\nna panāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, sabbaṁ viññātaṁ na bhāsitabbanti vadāmi.","en":"“Brahmin, I don’t say you should talk about everything you see, hear, think, and know.\nBut I also don’t say you should talk about nothing you see, hear, think, and know."}},{"id":"an4.183:4","sourceIds":["an4.183:4.1","an4.183:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yañhi, brāhmaṇa, diṭṭhaṁ bhāsato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyanti, evarūpaṁ diṭṭhaṁ na bhāsitabbanti vadāmi.\nYañca khvassa, brāhmaṇa, diṭṭhaṁ abhāsato kusalā dhammā parihāyanti, akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, evarūpaṁ diṭṭhaṁ bhāsitabbanti vadāmi.","en":"When talking about certain things you’ve seen, heard, thought, or known, unskillful qualities grow while skillful qualities decline. I say that you shouldn’t talk about those things.\nWhen talking about other things you’ve seen, heard, thought, or known, unskillful qualities decline while skillful qualities grow. I say that you should talk about those things.”"}},{"id":"an4.183:5","sourceIds":["an4.183:5.1","an4.183:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yañhi, brāhmaṇa, sutaṁ bhāsato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyanti, evarūpaṁ sutaṁ na bhāsitabbanti vadāmi.\nYañca khvassa, brāhmaṇa, sutaṁ abhāsato kusalā dhammā parihāyanti, akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, evarūpaṁ sutaṁ bhāsitabbanti vadāmi."}},{"id":"an4.183:6","sourceIds":["an4.183:6.1","an4.183:6.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yañhi, brāhmaṇa, mutaṁ bhāsato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyanti, evarūpaṁ mutaṁ na bhāsitabbanti vadāmi.\nYañca khvassa, brāhmaṇa, mutaṁ abhāsato kusalā dhammā parihāyanti, akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, evarūpaṁ mutaṁ bhāsitabbanti vadāmi."}},{"id":"an4.183:7","sourceIds":["an4.183:7.1","an4.183:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yañhi, brāhmaṇa, viññātaṁ bhāsato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyanti, evarūpaṁ viññātaṁ na bhāsitabbanti vadāmi.\nYañca khvassa, brāhmaṇa, viññātaṁ abhāsato kusalā dhammā parihāyanti, akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, evarūpaṁ viññātaṁ bhāsitabbanti vadāmī”ti."}},{"id":"an4.183:8","sourceIds":["an4.183:8.1","an4.183:8.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamahāmatto bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmīti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"Then Vassakāra the brahmin, having approved and agreed with what the Buddha said, rose from his seat and left."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.183/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}